New Teaching Resource: Writing for Audience and Purpose (Functional Skills English Level 2)

~ katecoldrick
Cover image of the teaching pack showing a brightly-coloured bird flying over an open book.

I’m excited to share my latest teaching pack, now available on TES: Functional Skills English Level 2 – Writing for Audience and Purpose.

This resource is designed to help learners practise one of the trickiest (but most important) skills at Level 2: adapting their writing for different audiences and purposes. Whether it’s writing to inform, persuade, advise, argue, or entertain, students need to be able to select the right tone, structure and language to suit the situation.

What’s inside the pack?

  • Clear explanations of what audience and purpose mean, with accessible examples.
  • Short activities where learners match extracts to the correct audience and purpose.
  • Longer writing tasks where students create leaflets for different audiences (children, students, elderly visitors).
  • Visual prompts to inspire ideas and planning.
  • A writing checklist linked to the Functional Skills Level 2 exam requirements.
Preview of resources contents including worksheet sample and images of Exeter

Why I made this resource

I wanted to create something that would build confidence step by step. The activities move from recognition to application, giving learners the tools they need to succeed in their writing exam.

The pack is also neurodivergent-friendly: it has a clean, uncluttered layout, consistent formatting, and clear instructions. This helps reduce cognitive load and makes the tasks more accessible for autistic students, students with ADHD, dyslexia, and other learning differences.

Adaptable for any setting

Although the example tasks use Exeter, the resource comes as both a PDF and an editable Word document, so teachers can easily adapt it to their own town, city, or local area.

Where to find it

You can download the full pack from Kate Coldrick’s TES shop here: English Functional Skills – Level 2 – Writing – Audience and Purpose

Thanks for reading,

Kate Coldrick – literacy tutor, educator, and resource creator

Learn more about my work on the About page, or browse my resources for teaching neurodivergent students in Kate Coldrick’s TES shop.

Written by Kate Coldrick, an educator and writer based in Woodbury near Exeter.